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Originally the village was known as Thorpe St Andrew; the name was changed to Bishopthorpe because of the archbishop's palace being built here.

Osmington is an ancient manor founded by the Saxon King Athelstan, though most visitors pass through the village to see the chalk figure of a later king, George III, carved on the downlands to the north

The cross faces the village square, where the parish war memorial was erected a decade later.

The Littletons - North, Middle and South - form almost one long village in the countryside close to Evesham.

In the early years of this century the village included an apothecary, a butcher's shop with traditional glazed tiles, a forge, dairy, a shoe-maker and an undertaker's.

He will tour the local villages, travelling perhaps as far as Helston with his wares. These thatched granite cottages have turned their backs to the weather and the comfortless winds off the open sea.

The Blackburn Aircraft Company opened its first factory in 1916; as the company expanded, becoming a major employer, many more people were attracted to the thriving village.

The overhanging first-floor jetties of the whitewashed houses add to the medieval charm of the village, which is a favourite of the many visitors to the Lake District.

The Tudor-style houses in the village are, however, imitations constructed around the middle of the 19th century.

A few hotels line the sea front, with the rest of the village a little way inland.

Here we can see the village in quieter days, before the constant stream of cars that flood into Broadway today; the heaviest traffic is a horse-drawn covered wagon.

The village has long been famous for Basing House, a ruined building reduced to rubble by Cromwell and his army during the Civil War.

Hope Cove was a simple fishing village cut off from the world until it was 'discovered' in the 20th century.

Despite some garish modern buildings and the large golf course nearby, Thurlestone remains the attractive village we see here in 1918.

Bigbury-on-Sea lies on the shores of Bigbury Bay within site of Burgh Island, which may give the village its name.

Bigbury-on-Sea lies on the shores of Bigbury Bay within site of Burgh Island, which may give the village its name.

The village reached prosperity in the 17th century with the discovery of alum, which was used in the dying and tanning industry.

Once a small village, Babbacombe has long been subsumed into Torquay and struggles to keep its own identity. This picture shows the view north towards Teignmouth.

The village name Smeeth means 'smooth clearing'.

Newick is situated halfway between two great Christian centres of worship - Canterbury and Winchester - so the village was used as a resting-place for pilgrims.

This is the long, staid High Street of this small village on the banks of the river Lea viewed from the opposite direction from photograph No 81859, with the Pied Bull over on the left, and the bow-fronted

On the right of the picture is the village post office and shop.

In Manx folklore the village was named 'the Harbour of Mary' in honour of the Blessed Virgin by Celtic missionaries, who founded a chapel here.

Here, on the east side of Walton Road, is the village pond. Older houses nearby were destroyed or damaged by a Second World War landmine, Aylesbury's only wartime bomb, which fell close to the pond.